Power back on for most Cheboygan County residents; 140 households remain

After a week since the area’s first major snowstorm hit, the number of people without power has been cut to 140 households.

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By Tribune Staff

Cheboygan Daily Tribune - Cheboygan, MI

By Tribune Staff

Posted Dec. 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM

By Tribune Staff

Posted Dec. 28, 2012 at 12:01 AM

Cheboygan

As of Thursday morning, the number of residents without power stood at 390 in the Wolverine area of Cheboygan County and the areas of Atlanta and Lewiston in Montmorency County. After working all day, that number fell to the current figure.

Crews from other Michigan cooperatives, as well as in-state and out-of-state contractors have been working around the clock to restore power.

In a press release as of 5 p.m. Thursday, Presque Isle Electric & Gas officials said most of those without power now are from the Montmorency County area. Most should have the power back on Thursday night and the remaining homes should have electricity back on some time today.

At the height of the outage, about 21,612 households in PIE&G’s 9-county coverage area had lost power due to power lines down or broken poles. Trees have had to be removed from some of the lines.